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Re: Proposed command line argument extraction for Kyan Pascal

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"John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
news:nospam-306A99.11035712062011@news.aioe.org...
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> const MaxString = 127;
> type String127 = array [1..MaxString] of char;
>     StrPointer = ^StrRecord;
>     StrRecord = record
>       StrFound: String127;
>       NextStr: StrPointer
>     end;
> function ParamStr(i : integer) : StrPointer;

Um - if the purpose of 'MaxString' is to hide the actual numeric value it 
represents, doesn't it defeat the purpose to expose that value in the name 
'Str127'? Would 'StrMax' be a better name, perhaps? That way if the value of 
'MaxString' ever changes it wouldn't be necessary to change all the 'Str127' 
references to match (technically they wouldn't have to change, but they'd be 
fairly misleading names if left alone).

- Anton Treuenfesl 

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Proposed command line argument extraction for Kyan Pascal A2CPM <a2@wilserv.com> - 2011-06-12 02:40 -0700
  Re: Proposed command line argument extraction for Kyan Pascal "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-12 11:03 -0400
    Re: Proposed command line argument extraction for Kyan Pascal A2CPM <a2@wilserv.com> - 2011-06-13 08:47 -0700
      Re: Proposed command line argument extraction for Kyan Pascal A2CPM <a2@wilserv.com> - 2011-06-14 04:38 -0700
    Re: Proposed command line argument extraction for Kyan Pascal "Anton Treuenfels" <teamtempest@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-14 16:22 -0500
      Re: Proposed command line argument extraction for Kyan Pascal "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-14 23:53 -0400

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